Russian Soccer Fan Storms Field, Makes Daredevil Escape via Parkour

By now the whole phenomenon of fans invading the field during a professional sporting event has pretty much *puts on sunglasses* run its course. We know what's going to happen. There's a short honeymoon phase where the offender runs around, often in circles, evading the stewards and security personnel. Then they are unceremoniously—and usually quite violently—taken down. The only variables in the equation are whether they are wearing clothes and whether they can sneak in a hug for their bemused favorite player before their inevitable demise.

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That's what makes this video of a Russian soccer fan's daredevil escape feel so special. Not only does he avoid eating dirt, head forced into the turf under the weight of four large men in neon orange jackets, but he avoids it in style. He scales the first stadium barrier, only to be met with a trench of doom around six feet wide. No matter, though: He throws one end of his club-branded scarf to a sympathetic comrade, does a split over the gap, uses the scarf as a sort of George-of-the-Jungle vine-pulley, and parkours himself to safety.